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The transcription factor Prox1 is essential for satellite cell differentiation and muscle fibre-type regulation

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  • Riikka Kivelä

    (Wihuri Research Institute, Biomedicum Helsinki
    Translational Cancer Biology Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki)

  • Ida Salmela

    (Wihuri Research Institute, Biomedicum Helsinki
    Translational Cancer Biology Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki)

  • Yen Hoang Nguyen

    (Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research
    University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital)

  • Tatiana V. Petrova

    (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Institute of Pathology, CHUV)

  • Heikki A. Koistinen

    (Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research
    University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital)

  • Zoltan Wiener

    (Translational Cancer Biology Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
    Present address: Semmelweis University, Department of Genetics, Cell and Immunobiology, H-1089 Budapest, Hungary)

  • Kari Alitalo

    (Wihuri Research Institute, Biomedicum Helsinki
    Translational Cancer Biology Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki)

Abstract

The remarkable adaptive and regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle is regulated by several transcription factors and pathways. Here we show that the transcription factor Prox1 is an important regulator of myoblast differentiation and of slow muscle fibre type. In both rodent and human skeletal muscles Prox1 is specifically expressed in slow muscle fibres and in muscle stem cells called satellite cells. Prox1 activates the NFAT signalling pathway and is necessary and sufficient for the maintenance of the gene program of slow muscle fibre type. Using lineage-tracing we show that Prox1-positive satellite cells differentiate into muscle fibres. Furthermore, we provide evidence that Prox1 is a critical transcription factor for the differentiation of myoblasts via bi-directional crosstalk with Notch1. These results identify Prox1 as an essential transcription factor that regulates skeletal muscle phenotype and myoblast differentiation by interacting with the NFAT and Notch pathways.

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  • Riikka Kivelä & Ida Salmela & Yen Hoang Nguyen & Tatiana V. Petrova & Heikki A. Koistinen & Zoltan Wiener & Kari Alitalo, 2016. "The transcription factor Prox1 is essential for satellite cell differentiation and muscle fibre-type regulation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms13124
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13124
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